Health and Fitness Advisor

3 weeks ago


Salisbury, United Kingdom Dorset Council Full time

**About The Role**:
**Job title: Health and Fitness Advisor**

**Grade**: D

**Salary**: £27,803 per annum (FTE), rising by annual increments to £30,296 (FTE) with an additional 7.5% allowance for evening work aligned to Service shift patterns. More information on salaries and progression can be found on our pay and policies page.

The part time equivalent salary based on 30 hours per week is £22,543 per annum, rising by annual increments to £24,564 with an additional 7.5% allowance for evening work aligned to Service shift patterns.

**Hours**: 30 hours - Monday to Friday

**Location**: Dorset

**Appointment Type**: Permanent

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier. Without them, we couldn’t do it.

As well as being one of the largest combined Fire and Rescue Services in the country we are also one of the top performing. In February 2022, inspectors from His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) looked closely at our Service and graded us as ‘Good’, ‘Outstanding’, and ‘Good’ across the three inspection pillars of Effectiveness, Efficiency and People.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff feel valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes and health & well-being services.

**As a Health and Fitness Advisor in our Health and Wellbeing department you will**:

- Have previous relevant experience of providing health and fitness advice and support, determining requirements, and developing solutions
- Previous experience of implementing and reviewing best practice concepts into practical processes and experience of establishing, implementing, and maintaining effective fitness monitoring systems and procedures

**What makes you our ideal Health and Fitness Advisor?**
- 4 GCSE passes - Grade A*-C / 9-4, including English and Mathematics, or equivalent Level 2 qualification, or higher-level relevant qualification, and be able to provide evidence of this
- NVQ Level 4 In Sports Science/Health Science or equivalent
- Able to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining quality standards with effective organisational and time management skills
- Able to build and maintain strong working relationships
- An excellent communicator with a positive attitude to internal and external customer care

For full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the job description and person specification.

**Other Information**:
The role requires evening working averaging approximately once a fortnight for which an allowance is paid. Weekend working may be required rarely.

You will be required to travel across both counties.

A Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) clearance will be undertaken on the successful individual prior to offer of employment.

**Additional Information - Raising Tax Awareness and Pension Considerations**
- Annual Allowance - Please note that it is your personal responsibility to check whether by applying/accepting this position it would result in any Annual Allowance implications. A breach in the Annual Allowance threshold could result in a Tax charge. Further information on Annual Allowance can be obtained from our Pensions team.
- Lifetime Allowance - Please note that it is your personal responsibility to check whether by applying/accepting this position it would result in any Lifetime Allowance implications. A breach in the Lifetime Allowance threshold will result in a Tax charge. Further information on Lifetime Allowance can be obtained from our Pensions team.
- Temporary Promotions/Positions - Wholetime and On-call staff: Please note that any period of ‘temporary’, whether that is by way of promotion or allowances associated with a temporary position, will not be pensionable.

**To find out more and apply**:
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

If you hold international qualifications, you will be required to provide official evidence that shows how these compare to UK Qualifications. We will accept a Statement of Comparability from a UK organisation called ENIC which can be obtained via their website. Please note that UK ENIC charge for this service, so if you request a Statement of Compatibility, you will be required to pay for it as we are unable to reimburse you.

**Values & Behaviours Framework**:
Our recruitment, assessment and progression processes are based on our Code of Ethics that has been developed specifically for Fire and Rescue Ser


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